Mid Scotland and Fife (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
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| The Mid Scotland and Fife region shown within Scotland |
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| Labour Party | 5 MSPs |
| Scottish National Party | 5 MSPs |
| Conservative Party | 2 MSP |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 MSPs |
| Green Party | 1 MSP |
| Independent | 1 MSP |
| Constituencies Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Fife Central Fife North East Kirkcaldy North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling |
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| Council areas Angus (part) Clackmannanshire Fife Perth and Kinross (part) Stirling |
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Mid Scotland and Fife is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament which were created in 1999. Nine of the parliament's 73 first past the post constituencies are sub-divisions of the region and it elects seven of the 56 additional-member Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). Thus it elects a total of 16 MSPs.
The Mid Scotland and Fife region shares boundaries with the Central Scotland, West of Scotland, Highlands and Islands and North East Scotland regions, and is connected with the Lothians region by bridges across the Firth of Forth.
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[edit] Constituencies and council areas
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time[1]. The Holyrood constituencies cover all of three council areas[2], the Clackmannanshire council area, the Fife council area and the Stirling council area, most of the Perth and Kinross council area and part of the Angus council area.
The rest of the Angus council area is within the North East Scotland electoral region.
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[edit] 2003 Scottish Parliament election
In the 2003 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 5 Labour MSPs (all constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (3 constituency members and 2 additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (all additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
- 1 Green Party MSP (additional member)
[edit] Constituency results
[edit] Additional member results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 2003: Mid Scotland and Fife | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ±% | Number of seats won | Elected candidates | |
| Labour | 63,239 | 25.3% | -8.0% | 0 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 57,631 | 23.0% | -5.7% | 2 | Bruce Crawford, Tricia Marwick | |
| Conservative | 43,941 | 17.6% | -1.0% | 3 | Murdo Fraser, Brian Monteith, Ted Brocklebank | |
| Liberal Democrats | 30,112 | 12.0% | -0.7% | 1 | Keith Raffan | |
| Scottish Green | 17,147 | 6.9% | +3.0% | 1 | Mark Ruskell | |
| Scottish Socialist | 11,401 | 4.6% | +3.6% | 0 | ||
| Scottish Pensioners Party | 8,380 | 3.4% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Fighting Scottish Hospital Closures | 5,064 | 2.0% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Save Local Hospitals | 4,622 | 1.9% | N/A | 0 | ||
| UK Independence | 2,355 | 0.9% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 2,273 | 0.9% | -0.5% | 0 | ||
| Scottish People's Alliance | 1,191 | 0.5% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Christian Independent Alliance | 1,064 | 0.4% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 996 | 0.4% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Independent | 637 | 0.3% | N/A | 0 | ||
Changes:
- Andrew Arbuckle replaced Keith Raffan. Raffan resigned from the Parliament in January, 2005. Arbuckle was next on the Liberal Democrats' list.
- Brian Monteith resigned from the Conservatives in July 2005. He is now an Independent MSP.
[edit] 1999 Scottish Parliament election
In the 1999 Scottish Parliament election the region elected MSPs as follows:
- 6 Labour MSPs (six constituency members)
- 5 Scottish National Party MSPs (two constituency members three additional members)
- 3 Conservative MSP (three additional members)
- 2 Liberal Democrat MSPs (one constituency member and one additional member)
[edit] Constituency results
[edit] Additional member results
| Scottish parliamentary election, 1999: Mid Scotland and Fife | ||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | ±% | Number of seats won | Elected candidates | |
| Labour | 101,964 | 33.3% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish National Party | 87,659 | 28.7% | N/A | 3 | George Reid, Bruce Crawford, Tricia Marwick | |
| Conservative | 56,719 | 18.6% | N/A | 3 | Keith Harding, Nick Johnston, Brian Monteith | |
| Liberal Democrats | 38,896 | 12.7% | N/A | 1 | Keith Raffan | |
| Scottish Green | 11,821 | 3.9% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Socialist Labour | 4,266 | 1.4% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | 3,044 | 1.0% | N/A | 0 | ||
| ProLife Alliance | 735 | 0.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
| Natural Law | 558 | 0.2% | N/A | 0 | ||
Changes:
- Murdo Fraser replaced Nick Johnston. Johnston resigned from the Parliament on August 10, 2001. Fraser was next on the Conservative and Unionist list.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Scottish Westminster constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies in 2005. See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland.
- ^ Council areas are as defined in 1996, and may be subject to change after the next Scottish Parliament election.
